From The Paris Review 3/8/19: Mitchell S. Jackson’s debut novel The Residue Years was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, and it was the winner of both the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence and a Whiting Writers’ Award winner. He …
When I edited the collection City of Weird: 30 Otherworldly Portland Tales for Forest Avenue Press, I got to do something really fun: publish a writer who once published me. Kevin Sampsell (This is Between Us, and A Common Pornography) edited the anthology Portland Noir (Akashic) in 2009. It was a super cool collection—all noir …
I am still in the afterglow of this book. A novel that can capture the complexities of a mother/son relationship, the minefield of manipulative friendship, and the mess, heartache, and beauty of first love, all while exploring strength, vulnerability, and masculinity with disarming humor is a very rare beast indeed. (For ages 14+) –Tegan Tigani, Queen …
